Wreck: Harpalus (possibly) (Steam ship)
This is the information page about the shipwreck Harpalus (possibly), the water chart below shows the wreck in its immediate vicinity. The position of this wreck is 50 56.448 N,9 10.405 W (51.083666666667, -9.4006666666667)
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The texts accompanying this shipwreck are in English 🇬🇧, as they are prepared by the UK Hydrographic Office (UKHO) based on data from UKHO and the hydrographic services of the Netherlands, Belgium and Germany, among others. They include the known details of the wreck and the comments of the cartographers who have checked the position and condition of the wreck over time.
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Shipwreck details
Name: HARPALUS (POSSIBLY)
Length 75.3 meter, width: 10.7 meter, draught: 4.9, tonnage 1445 ton
Load: coal
Cause: built in 1895 by j l thompson & sons ltd, sunderland. owned at time of loss by federated coal & shipping co ltd. one boiler, triple expansion engine of 155nhp, single shaft. passage penarth for nantes. captured by ub-23 and sunk by 3 bombs placed on the waterline. crew recovered. (sibi).
Year of registration: 2007
Water depth above wreck: 116 meter, Height above seabed: 113 cm
Known since: 2007, last detected: 2020
Details measurements/cartography: SUNK 36 MILES SW OF GALLEY HEAD. (LLOYDS WAR LOSSES, WW1). POSN 5102.48N, 0930.24W. NCA. SUNK 34 MIES SSW OF GALLEY HEAD. (E GILES). POSN 5100.57N, 0918.04W. NCA. 29.11.07 SEP 2007/000088949 29.11.07 WK LOCATED IN 5056.433N, 0910.338W [WGD]. DCS3 LENGTH 115MTRS, WIDTH 25MTRS, HT 10-15MTRS. PROBABLY TOO LARGE FOR HARPALUS. (E GILES, EMAIL DTD 27.1.07). INS AS WK 100MTRS.
- NM 5981/07. SEP 2020/000235335 7.10.20 EXAM’D 15.9.20 IN 5056.448N, 0910.405W [WGD]. LEAST M/B DEPTH 106.9MTRS IN GEN DEPTH 116MTRS. LENGTH 117.84MTRS, WIDTH 23.6MTRS, HT 10.5MTRS. ORIENTATION 113/293 DEGS. MOSTLY UPRIGHT, LYING ON STARBOARD SIDE. A SECTION OF HULL HAS COLLAPSE MIDSHIP ON THE PORT SIDE. STRONG MAGNETIC ANOMALY. NFS (INFOMAR/CV20_02). AMEND NDW 106MTRS IN REVISED POSN.
Comment researcher: UK Hydrographic Office
Commentaar onderzoeker: MOSTLY INTACT, LYING ON STARBOARD SIDE
Position: 50 56.448 N,9 10.405 W
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